Macpherson Collection

Clan Macpherson
Clan MACPHERSON armed with a brace of pistols, as well as his sword and his dagger

Siege of Lucknow
Lieutenant Macpherson leads a a charge by the 78th Highlanders to capture enemy guns at Lucknow. He was awarded the Victoria Cross

Macpherson / Oxford Uni
G Ps MacPherson, player for Oxford University, Captain for Scotland

Extension of the British Museum, London
Extension of the British Museum in London: the new King Edward VII Galleries. A birds eye view showing the new section of the building. Date: 1914

Scottish rugby players
The Scottish rugby union three-quarter line, made up entirely of players from Oxford University, which contributed towards a Scottish grand slam in the Five Nations tournament of 1925

Naval manoeuvres on East Coast by G. H. Davis
The naval manoeuvres of 1913: the varying fortunes of the East Coast raiding parties. How the Humber Ports were raided last week by the Red fleet

Statue Of Ossian
A sketched design for a statue portraying Ossian, the narrator of a cycle of epic poems by Scottish poet James Macpherson, he is standing on an elevated rock

The royal shrine within the tomb of Tutankhamen
Entrance of the burial chamber of Tutankhamen with the immense gilt shrine built to cover and protect the sarcophagus. Its roof, with cornice top and torus moulding

Great stone sarcophagus of Tutankhamen revealed
The huge stone sarcophagus of the Egyptian boy-king Tutankhamen showing the relief of winged figures of the goddesses Isis, Nephthys, Neith and Selk standing on each corner. Date: 1924

Women working at a South London gas works 1918
Women working at the South Metropolitan Gas Works, London. The Sphere elaborates on the pioneering work of the engineer of these gas works in successfully replacing male workers with women

H. M. destroyer rescues passengers of the Athenia, Sept 1939
Sailors on a British destroyer are shown holding onto former passengers of the Athenia in a lifeboat, 1939. The Sphere comments on the swell which made the rescue operation more difficult

Lifeboats watching the Athenia as it sinks, Sept 1939
Illustration of overcrowded lifeboats as they watch the transatlantic ocean liner, the Athenia, sink. The ships are shown lighting flares

Explosion of a hatch on the Athenia, September 1939
Illustration of the explosion as a torpedo from a German submarine hit the port side No. 5 hatch of the Athenia, a British transatlantic passenger liner

Behind the scenes in a film studio 1924
Various trick techniques used to achieve certain effects in a film studio, sketched by D. Macpherson in The Sphere. Among the tricks used are a side of a house painted on a floor to give the illusion

Macpherson tartan. circa 1846

Macpherson Distributing Home, Knowlton, Quebec
The Distributing Home in Knowlton, Quebec, operated by childrens emigration promoter Miss Annie Macpherson to receive a distribute children she brought to Canada from England

Annie Macpherson House of Industry, Bethnal Green Road, Lond
The House of Industry run by Annie Macpherson at Bethnal Green Road, East London. Most of the children at the home were emigrated to Canada

Warships of the six nations in the Mediterranean, WW1
The naval situation in the Mediterranean: the warships of the six nations (Britain, France, Russia, Germany, Italy and Austria). Shown looking eastwards from Gibraltar towards the Adriatic. Date: 1914

London Museums new home, Stafford House, London
The London Museum in its new home at Stafford House (now known as Lancaster House), London, about to be opened to the public

Angus Macpherson at Lords - changing fashions
Angus Macpherson at Lord s, 1875 and 1930. Social satire by cartoonist Patrick Bellew who shows how a young chaps flamboyant outfit of tartan trousers at Lords cricket ground in the 1870s is not

Sphere artist, Donald Macpherson at Luxor, 1924
Donald Macpherson, special artist for The Sphere, pictured at Luxor where he had been following the work in Tutankhamens tomb

Portrait of John Macpherson, The Skye crofters land league agitation Date: 1884

Macpherson Home, Stratford, Ontario
The distributing home at Stratford, Ontario, operated by emigration promoter Miss Annie Macpherson. A horse-drawn sledge stands in the snow. Date: early 1900s

Mrs Louisa Birt
Louisa Birt was the sister and colleague of childrens emigration promoter Annie Macpherson. From 1873 to 1915 she was Superintendent of the Liverpool Sheltering Home. Date: circa 1910

Miss Elizabeth Meiklejohn
Elizabeth Meiklejohn became involved in the work of childrens emigration promoter Annie Macpherson and from 1877 ran the Macpherson distribution home in Knowlton, Ontario. Date: circa 1910

Mrs Rachel Merry
Louisa Birt was the sister and colleague of childrens emigration promoter Annie Macpherson. Rachel and her husband Joseph Merry superintended Macphersons Home of Industry for several years

Miss Emma Barber
Emma Barber, a resident of Knowlton, Ontario, became involved in the work of childrens emigration promoter Annie Macpherson and from 1872 to 1877ran the Macpherson distribution home in the town

Miss Ellen Bilbrough
Ellen Bilbrough, an assistant of childrens emigration promoter Annie Macpherson, went to Canada to run the Marchmont House distribution home at Belleville, Ontario. Date: circa 1910

Macpherson Home New Children
New arrivals at the London childrens home run by Miss Annie Macpherson

Macpherson Boys en route to Canada
Boys en route to Canada in an emigration party organised by Miss Annie Macpherson

Miss Annie Macpherson
Annie Macpherson was a promoter and organiser of the emigration of poor and orphan children to Canada in the latter part of the 19th century

England rugby victory 1914
A scene from the England v Wales rugby union match at Twickenham in the Five Nations Championship. England won 10-9 in a game in which the lead changed hands several times

Dreadnought provisions 1914
A diagram illustrating the provisions required to maintain a crew of 900 for about one month on a dreadnought battleship. Date: 1914

Suffragettes at Buckingham Palace, London
Suffragettes, led by Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst, attempting to present a petition to King George V at Buckingham Palace, London. Numerous arrests were made

Opening of International Horse Show, Olympia, London
The opening of the International Horse Show at Olympia, London, showing an event in the arena with a large audience watching. In the foreground horses can be seen in their stalls. Date: 1913

Samuel Ch. Macpherson
SAMUEL CHARTERS MACPHERSON Political agent in India Date: 1806 - 1860

Alcock and Browns Vickers Vimy in the Derrygimla bog, Clifden, Co Galway, Ireland, 16 June 1919. From left: Mrs Macpherson, Major J.A. Heather and Mrs Heather. Date: 1919

First flight from the UK to Australia - The Crew
First flight from the UK to Australia in a Vickers Vimy plane. Sir Ross Macpherson Smith (second left) and his brother Sir Keith Macpherson Smith (far left)

Charge / Lucknow / 1857
Lieut. Macpherson charging up a street in Lucknow

Ross Smith / Vickers Vimy
Sir Ross Macpherson Smith, Australian aviator, and his Vickers Vimy biplane: with his brother he made the first flight from England to Australia, in 1919

James Macpherson, Scottish writer and politician
James Macpherson, Scottish writer, poet, literary collector and politician, known as the " translator" of the Ossian cycle of poems (their authenticity has been disputed)

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